Text 8] Dhruva Maharaja Leaves Home for the Forest 285

—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kalaya—by plenary expansion;
raksayam—for the protection; jagatah—of the world; sthitau—for the
maintenance.

TRANSLATION

Svayambhuva Manu had two sons by his wife Satarapa, and the names
of the sons were Uttanapada and Priyavrata. Because both of them were
descendants of the plenary expansion of Vasudeva, the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead, they were very competent to rule the universe to
maintain and protect the citizens.

PURPORT

It is said that these two kings, Uttanapada and Priyavrata, were
specifically empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, unlike
the great King Rsabha, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Him-
self.

TEXT 8

MA TaATNTA alfa: Terra: |
gets: Fadl Tada Tea yas Uc Ul

jaye uttanapadasya
sunitih surucis tayoh

surucih preyasi patyur
netara yat-suto dhruvah

jaye—of the two wives; uttanapddasya—of King Uttanapada; sunitih—
Suniti; swrucih—Suruci; tayoh—of both of them; surucih—Suruci; preyasi—
very dear; patyuh—of the husband; na itara—not the other; yat—whose;
sutah—son; dhruvah—Dhruva.

TRANSLATION

King Uttanapada had two queens, named Suniti and Suruci. Suruci was
much more dear to the King; Suniti, who had a son named Dhruva, was not
his favorite.

PURPORT

The great sage Maitreya wanted to describe the pious activities of the
kings. Priyavrata was the first son of Svayambhuva Manu, and Uttanapada
